Monday, October 22, 2007

The Jedi are treasonous! They have attempted to assassinate the Chancellor! They are enemies of the state! Execute Order 66.

On Mygeeto, clone troopers immediately open fire on Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. Ki-Adi manages to deflect the first few blaster shots with his lightsaber and kill a couple of troopers, but was overpowered and shot in the chest multiple times.

On the fungus planet of Felucia, Commander Bly and his men opened fire on Jedi Knight AaylaSecura. Aayla didn't have a chance. She was shot in the back by Bly, then the other troops fired on her repeatedly. Major overkill.

On Cato Neimoidia, Jedi Master PloKoon was leading an aerial assault against Separatist forces in his Jedi starfighter. His wingmen, led by Captain Jag opened fire on the unsuspecting Jedi Master before he could react. The starfighter turned into a ball of flame, incinerating Koon, before the remains plummeted into the city below.

On Saleucami, Jedi healer Stass Allie was betrayed by her clone troopers when they opened fire on her speeder bike, killing the Jedi Master in the resulting explosion. Not the most honorable way to go.

The clone troopers bear no malice, so the Jedi don't sense their betrayal until it's too late, except for Master Yoda. The best part of the scene is when Yoda takes care of his assassins with sweet a backflip double decapitation.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Vader can only listen as he lays wounded,to his master as he tries to manipulate Luke's emotions to end his father's life, but Luke doesn't give in to the dark side. Luke deactivates his lightsaber and throws it away, passing Yoda's final test and proudly declaring his allegiance to the Jedi. When the Emperor realizes Luke will not turn to the dark side, he uses force lightning to end his life. Luke calls out to his father for help. In an act of self-sacrifice, Vader grabs the Emperor and throws him to his death down the Death Star's reactor shaft. Anakin dies moments later, assuring his son that there is still good in him after all.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Darth Maul takes on two Jedi at the same time in one of the best lightsaber fights in the whole Star Wars saga. Maul slams his double-bladed lightsaber hilt into Qui-Gon's chin, dazing him, and the Sith Lord quickly takes the moment to impale Qui-Gon with his lightsaber. Obi-Won, on the verge of defeat, uses the force to grab Qui-Gon's light sabre, flip over Maul, and slice him in half.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Jango Fett, the greatest Mandalorian bounty hunter, faces off against Jedi Master Mace Windu on Geonosis. Left with only one of his two Westar-34 blaster pistols, a broken jet pack and a disabled flamethrower as well, Jango was able to fire off a few menacing shots before Windu decapitates him with a swipe of his lightsaber. Jango dies fearlessly and honorably in battle by going toe to toe with the legendary Jedi master. One bad-ass bounty hunter is lost and another is born as Boba buries his father on Geonosis and takes his armor and ship.

Today we look at the death of the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo and the controversial "who shot first" argument. There are three versions of the confrontation between Han Solo and Greedo at the Mos Eisley Cantina. The first version was in the original cinematic release where Han Solo shoots and kills Greedo under the table before he could even get a shot off. The second version was shown in the 1997 re-release of the film, where Greedo shoots first and misses by a foot at point-blank range before Han shoots. The third version came out in the 2004 DVD release, in this version, Greedo shoots first again(although it looks as if they fired at the same time) but Han "dodges" the shot then kills Greedo. I use "dodges" in quotation because the scene was altered digitally so that it looks as if Han moves his head to dodge the shot. George Lucas explained the change by stating that he wanted to make clear to children that Han had "no choice" but to shoot Greedo and to enhance Solo's overall heroism.

To truly understand this scene we have to look into Greedo's back story a little. Originally Greedo planned to buy his own ship but couldn't resist trying to cut the price by stealing some parts. Unfortunately those parts(power couplings) were intended for the Millennium Falcon and he was caught in the act by Chewbacca. As restitution, Han Solo took Greedo's rancor-skin jacket in exchange for the pair of burnt out couplings just taken off the Falcon. Ever since then Greedo has vowed revenge, which is why he eagerly took the contract on Han Solo. Greedo was going to kill Han Solo no matter what and Han knew that, that's why he shot first, to save his own skin.

The truth is that Han Solo is the biggest bad-ass smuggler in the galaxy and knew it was kill or be killed. Poor Greedo, not only was he stupid by not disarming Han and falling for the old "blaster under the table" trick, but the altered scene showed us that he was also a horrible shot.

I've provided both the original cinematic version(top) and the altered third version(bottom).

Emperor Palpatine thrown into the reactor core of the Death Star. The stragulation of Jabba the Hutt by Leia. The death of Qui-GonJin. The decapitation of JangoFett. The Star Wars movies were full of action, special effects, humor, and some of the best movie deaths too. This week we're gonna take a look at the best from the saga. So send in your comments and videos links of your favorite Star Wars deaths as we look at The Greatest Star Wars Deaths of All Time!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

What can be said about the film Full Metal Jacket that you haven't heard already? Great movie, Kubrick is a genius, R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman was hilarious, Vincent D'Onofrio gives a haunting performance as Private Gomer Pyle, and "me so horny, me love you long time." From the moment the movie starts, the recruits are stripped and demoralized, then rebuilt into killing machines. In this scene, Private Pyle's downward spiral ends violently. It's a world of shit and we're living in it.movie, movies, film, dvd, netflix, dvds, cinema, theater

Monday, October 8, 2007

This scene from Dark Ride is a great homage to TakashiMiike'sIchi The Killer. The 2006 film was selected to play at the 8 Films To Die For film festival. The movie stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler(Meadow from Sopranos). All you need to know about plot are three words: teenagers, amusement park, and psychopath (I guess that's four words). movie movies film films movie movie movie movie movie

Monday, October 1, 2007

In this scene from The Jackal, Bruce Willis uses Jack Black as target practice for his Gatling Gun anti-aircraft gun. He demands Black to hold out a pack of cigarettes to target. The aim was a little off and ends up blowing his arm off, then lets loose and blasts away. Anybody know what type of gun that is?